§ 31. Sir J. Langford-Holtasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what progress has been made in his studies of the number of people working who, after tax and other deductions, receive less than they would receive from allowances and other benefits were they not working and of ways of minimising this.
§ Mr. DeanWe keep a constant watch on the relationship between benefit rates and the income available to men in low-paid full-time work, particularly where there are dependent children, and we have in hand a number of studies that are intended to help us to find and maintain the optimum balance.